So I have been looking around the site at various art and pictures, and I have come to realize something.  I can't really draw or at least not as well as I would like.  I have ideas in my head but the moment I put them to paper I am never really satisfied with my work.  I was thinking of uploading some of my writing, but that's not ready yet and anyways the name of the site is deviant art.

So the question I ask is this: how did all of you guys get good at drawing or whatever you post?  Did you learn through trial and error?  Read books? Take lessons?  Whatever you did please share your secrets with me (I promise not to tell).